FÁILTE! - Welcome to Ireland. Once again I have returned to one of my favorite counties, this time for a 6-day self-drive tour of The Republic of Ireland. Our route - beginning and ending in Dublin. Travel buddy Joyce and I met up in Gatwick, had lunch at Jamie Oliver's Diner and then boarded our …
Ah, The Cotswolds! Cute, sand-colored cottages with window sills filled with blooming plants, old churches, cozy neighborhood pubs and quaint shops make the Cotswolds so picturesque and well-worth a visit. And of course, there is nearby Oxford University, famous for its many colleges with well-known graduates such as J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Stephen Hawking, Hugh …
We were scheduled to make the following stops on our 12-day voyage across the big ocean: The AzoresSt. Johns, NewfoundlandSt. Pierre & MiquelonSydney, Nova ScotiaHalifax, Nova ScotiaBar Harbor, Maine You know from my previous post that due to really bad colds, Joyce and I didn't see anything that the Azores had to offer except for …
THE ATLANTIC CROSSING After a short flight from Dublin to Lisbon, then an interesting Uber ride from the airport to the cruise ship port where the driver couldn't find entrance, it was time to check into our oceanview stateroom on Holland America's Veendam for our 12-day voyage back to the States. View from the Lisbon …
DUBLIN A short flight from the Isle of Man is Dublin, the capital of The Republic of Ireland. This time we chose VRBO for our residence for the 2 days we would be in one of my favorite cities. My good friend and fellow sewist, Ruth, took the train from her home in Belfast to …
LONDON I love London! I have visited this great city many, many times and I always find something new and something old that make me want to return again and and again. We flew the amazing Ryanair (which many hate but I actually really like) from Madrid to Stansted Airport north of London for the …
I apologize for the delay in your receiving the next chapter of my blog. I have been laid low for almost 2 months by a really bad cold that turned into bronchitis. I have been too sick and just too tired to do anything but take antibiotics and sleep! But I am finally on the …
MADRID Our next stop was Madrid. This is where we would have a pre-departure lunch with the others who had volunteered with DIVERBO to teach conversational English to Spanish executives for the next 8 days. But more about that in my next post. I wanted time in Madrid for two very special reasons - to …
BARCELONA Cala Milá This visit to Barcelona was all about Gaudi! We hopped the local train from the seaside into the main square of downtown Barcelona, Placa de Catalunya, and found the sign of where we would be staying for the next 3 days just across this very large square - Hotel Ginebra. This is …
We are right now in Dublin but will fly to Lisbon tomorrow to board our ship for our return Atlantic-crossing back to the States. I know - I've let you all just getting excited to see what we saw and did in Barcelona but you are now going to have to be patient as I …
My Home on the Roam 